The Working Of Cardiac Elisa Kits

By Sally Delacruz


Technology in medicine has taken a new dimension. With regards to testing for presence of diseases and other anomalies, Elisa technology has taken over. The cardiac Elisa kits have been particularly so good. They are devices capable of working with the hearts of almost all animals in the world to establish any defects on it.

This experiment works when the enzyme immunoassay binds with antibodies and substrate. When this occurs, color changes to indicate presence or absence of trouble. With these tools, it is possible to work with both antibodies and antigens. The amount of both of them can be determined by observing the color changes.

This process can be used in establishing the presence of foreign bodies in human beings. It is very important since it helps in detecting and treating heart problems before they develop into serious problems. This helps in cutting down the cost involved in diagnosing and treating heart defects. This is because the defects are discovered in their early stages before they become serious problems.

The best of these tools is one that is accurate, sensitive and capable of working in a wide range of samples. Sensitivity means being able to detect and show slight changes in the reagents. Accuracy, on the other hand, is being free of major errors in making measurements. It is also very important for the instrument to be made in a way such that, each heart defect has its own diagnostic equipment.

It is also important that the instruments are made in a way that makes them stable. To attain stability, one must cut down on the rate loss of these activities. This is possible through proper storage. Stability can also be achieved through minimizing the effects of the surrounding on the set-up. This means temperature, humidity and pressure have to agree with the standard lab requirements. There should be somebody to control incubator temperatures. If only one person is allowed to work on the research from beginning to end, it will be easy to achieve stability.

For this experiment to work, one needs to prepare all samples, standards and reagents. He/she should then add a small amount of the sample to every well and then incubate for about two hours. After this, he should aspire then add some reagent and again incubate for about an hour. After this, he must aspire the mixture and wash it three times. The next step is addition of substrate solutions and then incubating for another 20 to 25 minutes. The last step is addition of stop solution and making readings.

The main principle applied here is enzyme sandwich. The plates inside the testing equipment are always coated with antibodies for specific heart defects. Samples are put into the plates in an appropriate manner. The main contents of the samples are specific biotin-conjugate antibodies. Before incubating, a conjugate of Avidin is added to all plates.

After putting substrate solutions together with other reagents, only the micro-wells will have Tropin I type three. A color change will then be exhibited, and a stopper solution is added. The change in color is then measured using wavelengths.




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